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    On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the 2016 English Speech Competition was held in the library on the first floor from 4-5:00p.m. English judges included foreign English teacher Mr. Carter and English teachers Lulu and Piddy. All of Grade 10 was asked to participate in the speech during an in class competition during the week of October 10 and 4 winners were chosen from each class. The in class competition winners from Class 10A were Charles, Delen, Ella, Jackie, and Eric; Class 10B winners included Arvin, Frank, Bonnie, and David; Class C winners included Sybil, Jason, Lily, and Alysia.
    2016年10月20日周四下午4:00-5:00，国际部在阶梯教室举行了2016年度新生英语演讲大赛。评委包括英语老师Carter, Lulu以及Piddy。所有10年级学生都要求参与各班的预选，从中选出4名种子选手。10A班的优胜者为李佳淞，曹俊杰，刘莹莹，邝奕捷和张鼎逸；10B班的优胜者为褚浩天，陈宗孚，郭嘉宝和聂大卫；10C班的优胜者为冯绘霓，柯伯承，树亦婷及杨妍鋆。
    Winners were chosen based on a criteria of delivery, content, organization, and audience awareness and were chosen by Mr. Carter. Topics of discussion included the legalization of gay marriage, climate change, the 2016 presidential debate, the newly enacted two-child policy, television violence, nature versus nurture, copyright infringement, high stakes testing, mental health, and evolution versus creationism. Afterwards, students were instructed to perfect their speeches and choose an additional speech topic such as a poem, additional speech, or monologue to give in addition to their amended first round speeches.
    优胜者的选拨是根据一系列的标准，如表达、内容、组织和观众意识。演讲的主题包括同性婚姻合法化，气候变化，2016年度总统竞选辩论，新实行的二孩政策，电视暴力，版权侵犯，高利害测验，心理健康以及进化与神创论。随后，同学们被引导完善他们的演讲并选取一个额外的演讲主题，例如诗歌，额外演讲，戏剧独白来优化他们的第一轮演讲。
    Participants were permitted to elect their own order of delivery and were given a maximum of five minutes to deliver their speech as well as dramatic interpretation of a poem, speech, or monologue. The judges them critiqued each performance based on three criteria established beforehand in the preliminary round. The winners’ scores were then averaged based on the three judges and the scores were ranked from first to third place.  The winners included:
    参赛者可以自己选择他们的演讲顺序，并被给予5分钟的时间进行演讲，并进行诗歌，演讲或戏剧独白。评委的评分根据预赛时的三个标准来评判他们的每个表现，优胜者的分数是三个评委的平均分，由高到低从第一名排到第三名。优胜者包括以下：
    1st place: Bonnie (10B)- High Stakes Testing, Sybil (10C)- 2016 Presidential Race
    第一名：郭嘉宝（10B）-高利害测试，冯绘霓（10C）-2016年总统竞选辩论
    2nd place: Jason (10C)- Gay Marriage Equality, Lily (10C) – Two Child Policy 
    第二名：柯伯承（10C）同性婚姻平等性，树亦婷（10C）-二孩政策
    3rd place: Jackie (10A) – Nature vs. Nurture in Determining Intelligence
    第三名：邝奕捷（10A）-决定智力的先天因素vs.后天因素
    Congratulations to all the winners and may the spirit of speech move everyone towards enhanced English learning. 
    恭喜所有的获胜者，并希望所有同学能够延续演讲的这种精神,提升英语学习。